Helcystogramma cornuta

Helcystogramma cornuta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Helcystogramma
Species:	H. cornuta
Binomial name
Helcystogramma cornuta (Busck, 1914)
Synonyms
Dichomeris cornuta Busck, 1914

Helcystogramma cornuta is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Busck in 1914. It is found in Panama.^[1]

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are light golden brown with the base of the costal edge and a large, triangular spot on the apical third of the costa dark brown, the edges of which are strongly iridescent. There is a dark brown spot at the end of the fold, surrounded by strongly iridescent scales. And there is a perpendicular, dark brown line at the apical fifth across the wing tip, edged exteriorly with a strongly iridescent patch of steel blue scales. The hindwings are dark fuscous.^[2]

References

1. Helcystogramma at funet
2. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 47 (2043) : 20